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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on one side, are symptoms of a stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,246 14,091 90.8 90.0-91.5 419 3.2 2.8- 3.7 736 6.0 5.4- 6.6
-Northeast Partnership II 451 409 90.9 87.0-93.6 14 2.8 1.5- 5.3 28 6.3 4.0- 9.8
GENDER
Male 152 136 90.8 84.3-94.8 5 2.5 0.8- 7.3 11 6.7 3.4-12.7
Female 299 273 90.9 85.8-94.3 9 3.1 1.4- 6.4 17 6.0 3.3-10.8
RACE
White 287 265 92.9 88.1-95.8 6 2.2 0.8- 6.1 16 5.0 2.7- 9.0
Other 164 144 88.3 81.3-92.9 8 3.6 1.6- 7.8 12 8.1 4.3-14.9
AGE
18-44 140 127 88.6 80.4-93.7 5 4.0 1.6-10.0 8 7.3 3.4-15.1
45+ 308 280 92.6 89.0-95.1 9 1.9 1.0- 3.8 19 5.5 3.3- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 221 86.6 80.7-90.9 12 4.3 2.1- 8.3 23 9.1 5.6-14.5
Some College + 195 188 96.9 92.2-98.8 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 5 2.4 0.7- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 245 90.3 85.1-93.9 8 3.6 1.6- 7.8 18 6.1 3.5-10.4
$50,000+ 109 108 99.1 93.8-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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